Two men from Blanding, Utah, were found shot to death after disappearing in late February 2024. William Drew Bull, 29, and his friend Christopher Alan Owens, 28, were last seen on February 25, 2024, at a local Maverik convenience store and reported missing on February 27 when friends and family could not reach them. Bull had abruptly stopped communicating despite regularly sharing his location with his significant other; Owens, an active social media user, also went silent.

Investigators focused on the men’s roommate and landlord, 35-year-old Charles Youngkuom Yoo, after a suspicious text from Bull’s phone was traced to the shared residence on February 27 and Yoo was reported to be the only person at the home then. A search warrant at the residence uncovered evidence of a violent crime. The bodies of Bull and Owens were recovered on March 22, 2024; both deaths were ruled gunshot homicides. Yoo was arrested March 8 for obstruction of justice and later charged with two counts of aggravated murder and other offenses; he has since pleaded guilty and admitted shooting both men, then placing their bodies in military-style tote containers and hiding them in the desert.

Did anyone in Blanding know Bull or Owens well enough to add details about their routine or who they might have been with on February 25?